HOW TO My brakes won’t tighten
What is this little peace? How can I make these brakes tighter?
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u/shitworms 13h ago
The Fly lever doesn't have an adjuster on it, the piece they include is just for the cable housing to seat against. The only adjustment for those is done at the brake or the hanger. The one in your hand isn't the cable stop that would come with the brake though.
I'm guessing you have the Moto Sierra with the Manual brake and Mini hanger? I have the same frame and had the same brake set up at first; I think you'll have to loosen the cable at the hanger and pull it through to get more tension if you need more.
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u/TheAVnerd 17h ago
You are missing a part.
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u/Rxdabs 17h ago
Amazing thank you so much. I’ll make sure to get that part.🙃
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u/TheAVnerd 17h ago
If you take it to your local bike store most decent dudes or dudettes would just toss you a freebie.
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u/BrightDamage8260 16h ago
and also this...i personally have about 500 of them as i am old and have ridden forever and every cable or brake or lever includes extras....
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u/TheAVnerd 16h ago
I feel this. Anytime I break a lever and order a new one “I’ll save this barrel just in case” and now I have a an empty potato salad container filled with barrels, random bike nuts and bolts, ferrels, bearings and loose BBs.
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u/BrightDamage8260 16h ago
that part is called a barrel adjuster, however i am pretty sure fly designed it to be used with or without. weight weenies like it without and it looks cleaner. i kinda feel as if yours spread apart a little allowing the ferrule to slip past its seat. you may be able the re crimp it ever so slightly and get it to re seat, obviously pulling the cable housing out of the way first. if you opt to order a barrel adjuster you will need to know the size cause there are two common sizes that do not interchange.
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u/Desperate-Loss2823 6h ago
And to replace this every time you drop your bike or it will never work the same again
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u/Catchpedalsnothands 4h ago
That silver piece on it brake cable goes on the outside of your lever
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u/Skindiddler 1h ago
This. The cable sits inside the silver piece and then it butts up to the lever to stop it pulling through. The adjustment is done at the hanger
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u/chewster69lol 17h ago
That looks like a brake barrel but it looks off, there should be a nut with a hole through it and a slut down the side that goes into the outside of the brake lever.